Sen·e·ca (s n  -k )n. pl. Seneca or Sen·e·cas 1. a. A Native American people formerly inhabiting western New York from Seneca Lake to Lake Erie, with present-day populations in this same area and in southeast Ontario. The Seneca are the westernmost member of the original Iroquois confederacy. b. A member of this people. 2. The Iroquoian language of the Seneca. [From Dutch Sennecaas, probably of Mahican origin.] |
| Seneca, Lucius Annaeus Known as "the Younger." 4 b.c.?-a.d. 65. Roman Stoic philosopher, writer, and tutor of Nero. His works include treatises on rhetoric and governance and numerous plays that influenced Renaissance and Elizabethan drama. |
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| Noun | 1. |  Seneca - Roman statesman and philosopher who was an advisor to Nero; his nine extant tragedies are modeled on Greek tragedies (circa 4 BC - 65 AD) |
| 2. | Seneca - a member of the Iroquoian people formerly living in New York State south of Lake Ontario Iroquois - any member of the warlike North American Indian peoples formerly living in New York State; the Iroquois League were allies of the British during the American Revolution | |
| 3. | Seneca - the Iroquoian language spoken by the Seneca Iroquoian, Iroquoian language, Iroquois - a family of North American Indian languages spoken by the Iroquois |
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